KARACHI: VINNCORP, a digital tech startup, has secured its first around of funding from HRSG, a leading people and business solutions firm. The six figure initial investment of US dollars 100000 from HRSG will help enhance VINNCORP’s reach both locally and globally. Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Khurram Gulistan founder and CEO VINNCORP said “We are confident that this investment will help …
Here is the list of payment service providers in Pakistan. It includes startups, banks, and telecom companies offering digital financial solutions. The product categories focused here include general online and mobile banking, micro lending, mobile wallets, and payment gateways. (If you think some information is wrong or missing, request for a change of information here) Company Name Functions Mobile Apps Details Finja SIMSIM Wallet …
Lets get right into managing high online traffic. Managing High Online Traffic – TLDR; In general, when companies – that run online services – create their systems to withstand high traffic but when it comes to occasions when traffic is expected to reach multiples of 10 times more traffic – that’s when you should plan in a different way. Here …
Just like last year, Google Developers Group – Kolachi is back with its flagship event the GDG DevFest Kolachi. The GDG Developers Festival (DevFest; pun intended), is centered towards a tech-oriented event with speaker sessions, workshops, networking sessions, and more. The catch for the event has been the extremely low registration fee of the event. It is so less, that …
Karachi, 12th September 2018 – Investors Lounge, Pakistan’s leading Financial Markets Analytics provider, emerged as the winner in the Banking, Insurance and Financial Category at the P@SHA ICT Awards 2018. The startup was recognized for its stellar business performance, industry expertise and quality of clientele. Investors Lounge will now represent Pakistan at the 18th APICTA Awards in China, competing with …
Amazon needs no introduction and an entry of such player in Pakistan, though indirectly, is a sign that our e-commerce market is showing some positive signs. We are neighbors to worlds two biggest e-commerce markets, China standing at more than $1trillion and India at more than $30billion. It’s nothing strange saying that times are pushing these two to spill over …
Ever got into a situation where you needed to receive payments from abroad or wanted to send money from Pakistan to some other country? You must have explored the options and found them to be expensive and not so easy. Here is one solution that is easy and cheap. Xoom, a Paypal service makes inter-border money transfer easy like never …
Brief Overview Ethereum is a blockchain based open source application platform. Vitalik Buterin, a cryptocurrency researcher and programmer, is the co-creator and inventor of Ethereum. The idea behind Ethereum platform is to create a web of decentralized apps, they call it The Next Generation Internet or simply “New Internet”. Almost any type of decentralized application can be built on top of the platform …
Some landmark events in the history of Bitcoin Aug 2008 Bitcoin.org registered Nov 2008 Whitepaper is published by Satoshi Nakamoto “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” Jan 2009 First bitcoin client came into existence Jan 2009 First bitcoin is generated by Satoshi – (genesis Block: 000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f) Jan 2009 First transaction happens between Satoshi and Hal Finney. Hal receives 10BTC from him. Aug …
Simsim is a mobile banking app – call it a mobile wallet or Simsim wallet. It’s the product of collaboration between FINCA Microfinance Bank and FINJA – the financial technology provider. TL;DR Right from the onset, Simsim gives the impression of an agile, lightweight, powerful composition of feature-set, and an easy to use app. The app is trying to fit-in …
Veon, previously known as VimpelCom, is an international communication and technology company. Brief History Vimplecom’s hisotry dates back to 1992, when its co-founder Mr. Fabela was just 25 years old with his partner Mr. Zimin who was 60 years old. Their partnership contributed in reshaping the mobile communication market in Russia and then further in Europe and Africa. Fast forward …
Remember the time you decided to buy an insurance product and wasn’t sure how to go about it? And talking to the insurance agent just further confused you rather than helping you make decision? That’s a common situation faced by customers in Pakistan where to think of buying a financial product raises all sorts of alarms in one’s mind. Clearly, …
How we reached here? With every passing minute, people are switching to streaming media content in comparison to traditional cable tv networks. This switch is quite apparent in countries with good network infrastructure, as compared to the ones with relatively low-speed. Taking the example of US, the number of hours spent watching TV has vastly decreased in all age-groups, except …
If you are into technology, #fintech or related industry, chances are you’ve heard about BlockChain recently. The whole world is talking about this disruptive technology which is going to change how we interact and transact online. Fascinated by the potential of this disruption, I tried to learn a bit about it and would like to share with others how I …
It’s a common pitfall for entrepreneurs to believe that once they have a good idea, what they need next is to get well-funded in order to transform that idea into a business. As logical as it sounds, this is far from reality and in fact startups must go through a process of discovery before they should look for investment for …
